Jewish History
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The Holocaust
Why did Hashem allow 6 million jews to die during the holocaust including little innocent children? I don’t think anyone can provide a satisfactory answer to your question. Why are you limiting your question to the Holocaust? Isn’t it basically…
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The Rabbi Business
Are rabbis allowed to run or own a business. If yes what kind of business. Thank you for you’re question. A rabbi does not have any additional restrictions as far as owning or running a business. In fact there were…
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Jewish Thinkers
As a research project I’d like to compare and contrast two Jewish thinkers and their views on one Biblical text. So what two thinkers would be good to focus on and what text would the two argue about? Sounds like…
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Married Rabbis
I want to know if only a married man is allowed to be a rabbi? “Rabbi” means “master of tradition” who is certified by another rabbi, in a chain going back to Moses. Criteria include expertise and personal character. Marriage…
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Beginning of the Jewish Calendar
When did the Jewish calendar start and why? Was it a special day? You are asking a very good question. The calendar was actually the first commandment given to the Jewish people just before they left Egypt. G-d told Moshe…
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Nations of the world
Hi! Are nations like the Chinese, Southeast Asians, Hindus, North and South American Indians, the Eskimos, or the Sami in Lapland written about in the Torah? Is there specific mention of these nations in the Talmud/Torah, and what is their…
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Dead Sea Scrolls
Can you give me some info on these, what they found, and there significance? The Dead Sea Scrolls are a wide assortment of documents found near the Dead Sea in Israel. Most notable is that they include many portions of…
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Abraham and Esau
Issac had two sons. Esau & Jacob. One was much worthier then the other. If Issac had them around age 60, then Abraham was about 160. Since we are told that he lived till 175, my question is why didn’t…
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Women Rabbis
What do you think about women as rabbis? Answer: Thanks for asking the question. First, I just want to say that we just had a weekend retreat in my city and we had one of the greatest women spiritual speakers…